Hanger for trousers or gowns.



No. 674,556. Patented May 2|, l90l. E. E. H. HEINRICH.

HANGER FOR TROUSERS 0B GO WNS.

(Application filed Nov. 13, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITE STATES PATENT FFIcE.

ERNEST EMILE HERMANN HEINRICH, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

HANGER FOR TROUSERS OR GOWNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 674,556, dated May 21,1901 Application filed November 13, 1900. Serial No. 36,359. (No model.)

To (LZZ whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST EMILE HER- MANN HEINRICH, a citizen ofGermany, residing at 2 Rue Gillon, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium,have-invented new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Trousers orGowns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same. I

This inventionrelates to hangers for trousers and gowns, &c.; and theobject of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device ofthis nature adapted to clasp and thus sustain the garment by virtue ofthe latters own weight.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein corresponding letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedgarment-hanger. Fig. 2 is a View showing the device open ready toreceive the garment. Fig. 3 shows the device in operative positionsuspending a pair of trousers, and Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation'of the device as seen in Fig. 2, dotted lines being used to show thepositions of the parts when closed.

In said drawings, a and b designate two plates or strips,preferablyformed of wood,be tween which the garment, either the bottoms of thetrousers or the waistband of the skirt, is adapted to be clasped. It ispreferable that each of these plates or strips be protected with acovering of velvet, plush, or other suitable material c. Near their endsthe plates or strips are. provided with corresponding holes 61 6. Theseopenings are placed as near the ends of the plates or strips aspossible, so as to leave the maximum space between them for theaccommodation of the garment.

f designates a pair of cords, each of which is passed through thecorresponding holes d in the plates or strips at one end thereof, and

preferably the corresponding holes e at the other ends of said plates orstrips. At the corresponding ends of the strips these cords extendthrough them from opposite directions, their ends being knotted, so asto prevent them from pulling through the holes, as best seen in Fig. 1.

In using the device the strips are first laid flat, with their innerfaces upward. The bot toms of the trousers or the Waistband of the skirtis then laid over one of the plates or strips, whereupon the other isplaced over the garment and the cords drawn up taut. By virtue of theweight of the garment the latter may be now suspended, care being takenthat the plates or strips well clasp the garment before the whole ishung up.

g is simply a hook which may be used to immediately engage the cordswhen the device is suspended.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a pair of elongated plates or boards each having anopening near each of its ends, and a pair of slack cords, the ends ofone cord being respectively extended through the openings of one plateor board toward the other plate or board and secured to the latter, andthe ends of the other cord being in turn respectively extended throughthe openings of said other plate or board toward said first-named plateor board and secured to the latter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST EMILE HERMANN HEINRICH.

Witnesses:

G. BORGHAUS, GREGORY PHELAN.

